30 jul 1965 año - Medicare + Medicaid

Descripción:

-amendment to Social Security Act

-Medicare: health insurance programme for the elderly + disabled

-Medicaid: health insurance programme for low-income families/individuals

-(state-funded)

-first proposed by Kennedy (part of 1960 presidential campaign) but early legislation was shot down by Republicans + some southern Democrats

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